Safebox LLC provides strategic IT leadership, robust security, and operational excellence tailored specifically for mid-market enterprises. We are seeking a Regional Lead - IT/OT Manufacturing Plant (English Speaking - remote) to work with our manufacturing client. The Regional Lead will be responsible for managing and leading the IT and OT environment within a manufacturing plant, ensuring infrastructure stability, security, availability, and modernization. The individual will work closely with plant leadership, onsite engineers, vendors, and business stakeholders while driving operational excellence and supporting business-critical production systems.
Strong VMware expertise is considered a critical requirement, particularly in vSphere administration, ESXi troubleshooting, cluster management, and Lenovo/HP server hardware environments.
- Network (Routing, Switching, Firewalls, VLANs, VPNs)
- Servers and Operating Systems (Windows/Linux)
- VMware vSphere, ESXi, Hyper-V, and virtualization platforms
- Azure Hybrid Cloud
- Enterprise Storage (Pure, EMC, NetApp, Dell, HPE)
- Manufacturing IT/OT technologies, including MES, SCADA, and ERP integrations
- Cybersecurity, ITIL processes, incident management, and root cause analysis
- Managed Services experience
- Team leadership and stakeholder management
Required Experience:
- 8+ years Manufacturing IT/OT Leadership: managing IT infrastructure in manufacturing, industrial, or plant environments, with hands-on exposure to production-critical systems, MES/SCADA, ERP integrations, and plant-floor operations.
- 5+ years VMware / Virtualization: hands-on administration of VMware vSphere and ESXi, including cluster management, troubleshooting, performance optimization, high availability, and virtualization lifecycle management, with experience supporting Lenovo and/or HPE server hardware.
- 8+ years Enterprise Infrastructure: managing and troubleshooting enterprise networks, servers, operating systems, firewalls, VLANs, VPNs,
📌 It/ot Manufacturing Plant (Chile)
🏢 Safebox
📍 Chile